RUI: Vertebrate Forebrain Organization: Ray-Finned Fishes

有了这个奖项，一个由马克·布拉福德博士领导的研究小组将在一个以本科生为主的机构进行大脑进化的研究。将对鳐鱼前脑的细胞群进行发育和解剖研究。这些研究将使研究小组能够检验关于这些鱼的前脑特征与哺乳动物大脑中某些特征之间关系的假设。这项工作将产生新的信息，帮助我们更好地了解哺乳动物的大脑是如何发育成现在的形式的。＊＊＊

9422413 Braford With this award a research group at a predominantly undergraduate institution headed by Dr. Mark Braford will conduct studies on brain evolution. Developmental and anatomical studies will be made of cell groups in the forebrain of ray-finned fishes. These studies will allow the group to test hypotheses about the relationship of forebrain features in these fish to some of those seen in mammalian brains. This work will yield new information that will help us to better understand how the brains of mammals were developed into their present form. ***